Josiah Harris was the first settler to purchase the land where the Old Spring is situated. After leaving Massachusetts and settling in Amherst in 1818, Harris became a tavern owner, post master, judge, and state senator before he died in 1868. His family donated the land for a town hall to be built just east of the Old Spring. | Date: ca. 1850 | Source: Amherst Historical SocietyDownload Original File
